Dreams are distorted representations of desire. So are dream- analyses. — Mason Cooley Analysis Copy Share Image
Scepticism is always a back road leading to some credo or other. — Mason Cooley Back roads Copy Share Image
As children, our protests availed little. As adults, the same. — Mason Cooley Adults Copy Share Image
Whether I give to a beggar or not, his existence puts me in the wrong. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Emblem: the carapace of the great crowned snail is painted with all the flags of the United Nations. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Deconstruction glorifies the critic, humiliates the author, and makes the reader wonder why he bothered. — Mason Cooley Books Copy Share Image
I am forbidden sugar, fat, and alcohol. So hooray, I guess, for oatmeal, lemon juice, and chicken soup. — Mason Cooley Alcohol Copy Share Image
When science drove the gods out of nature, they took refuge in poetry and the porticos of civic buildings. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The dignified catastrophes of tragedy bear little resemblance to the slow ruin inflicted by life. — Mason Cooley Bears Copy Share Image
The New York action painters want their pictures to jump off the walls and chase you down the street. — Mason Cooley Action Copy Share Image
The aphorism offers a momentary sense of mastery over some confusion or unhappiness. — Mason Cooley Aphorism Copy Share Image
Self-satisfaction and self-pity are both condemned. What are people permitted to feel about themselves? — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
